German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in Zagreb on Thursday that Germany was happy to have Croatia as a partner in dealing with burning global and regional problems, including the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean, the conflict in Ukraine,… …read more Source:...

GASTRONOMICAL DIVIDE: French far-right MEPs Marine Le Pen and her father Jean-Marie have always jointly entertained guests in the members’ restaurant at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. But this week it’s separate checks, please! Seems their teams have made arrangements for two tables, with screens dividing them. Breaking bread...

An Austrian court has said US authorities failed to justify their extradition claim for Dmytro Firtash, a Ukraine oligarch accused of using US banks to bribe Indian officials. The US has filed an appeal. Firtash was a middleman in the Ukraine-Russia gas trade and has self-confessed links to Russian mafia. …read more Source:...

A year on from rioting and a fire in Odessa that left 48 pro-Russia activists dead, there are claims of complicity between police and activists across the divideThe emergency calls became increasingly desperate. “When are you coming? It’s already burning and there are people inside,” a woman told the fire brigade dispatcher. Minutes later,...

by Ryan Heath @PoliticoRyan | send tips to [email protected] Welcome to a special UK election edition of Brussels Playbook: your guide to what’s about to happen in Britain and what you need to know come May 8. BUT FIRST, A REMINDER: Today is the six-month anniversary of the Juncker Commission. AND SOME EU SPEED READS: 1) ORBÁN BACKS AWAY...

The leaders of the four nations most closely involved with the truce in eastern Ukraine have held fresh talks on the violence that has not yet left the region. Kyiv says Russia has offered to send a peacekeeping force. …read more Source: Deutsche...